This forum is intended for Eye Care & Health Care Professionals and people working in allied industries, to share thoughts, ideas and observations primarily centred on the ocular surface, contact lenses and myopia control. We welcome contributions that will benefit the professions, industry and our patients.

Please read the rules below carefully before participating in The Forum, as the use of The Forum constitutes your agreement with the rules.

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Registration is required before posting. Please check your email Spam folder as well as your Inbox for Registration emails from The Forum!

Here up to 200 words on new launched products or services can be posted - simply register and post. Postings will generate mention in my Linkedin feed to my 4,200 ECP/HCP connections and publishing as 'Latest News' on 650+ of my web pages in the Professional Section, the site attracts around 4,000 ECP/HCP views per month. Postings that contain results from clinical trials are particularly welcomed, either in the form of summaries, attachments or web site links. It is preferable cost comparison are left out, other than that the normal rules apply. Postings will remain live for a minimum of 2 months.



Remember your posting should be more focussed on Eye Care and Health Care professionals not patients.

Visitors to The Forum are encouraged to interact with the manufacturer/distributor/person offering service, with comments and/or asking questions, just as would happen at a conference/exhibition stand. Postings can also be made by individuals looking for new roles, just as would be done while networking at a conference/exhibition.

Optometrists/DOs/CLOs looking for a Pre-Reg placement are invited to place their Placement Sought 'advert' here. Pre-Preg placements available can also be posted here. You will need to register on The Forum first before being able to post, on publication I will post on Linkedin to my 4,000 ECP/HCP connections thereby creating interest in your posting. This website receives around 3,500 ECP/HCP views per month. To make direct contact easier I would suggest including possibly a phone number, certainly an email address. When you have secured a /filled a placement available please edit or delete your posting thereby helping others.

Place your vacant posts waiting for registered ECPs (DOs, CLOs, optometrists, ophthalmologists etc) here. Recruitment agencies and those representing multiple practices are asked to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. first.

Having read any of the Guest Articles in the Professional eyedropsdatabase.co.uk/guest-articles or Patient eyedropsdatabase.co.uk/guest-articles-patients Sections you can place your thoughts here.

Future web based or face-to-face educational events can be posted here. These can be single events or courses. Single/small scale events may be free-of-charge, larger/series of may carry a nominal charge of just £65. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details. After that you can register and post. After the event has completed it would be appreciated if you could delete your post.

Here is a place where questions on all things Optometry Independent Prescribing can be asked. IP questions only please, no refraction, contact lenses or general eye exam etc.

Our resident IP Optometrist is Mr Don Williams, Consultant Optometrist & Fellow of the College Registered Specialist (IP) FCOptom (Portolio) M.Sc (Clinical Optom-Distinction) B.Sc (Hons) DipTp (IP) PGDip Refractive & Cataract Surgery Higher Cert Glauc Prof Cert Glauc Prof Cert Med Ret.

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